Britannica Discovery Library: Religions Around the World doc

... these pointers to related articles in the book. These articles are listed in the Table of Contents and appear on the Subject Tabs. In Religions Around the World , you’ll discover answers to these questions ... Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc. CHRISTIANITY 21 More than two billion people around the world follow the teachings of Jesus Christ. They call themselves Christians...

Ngày tải lên: 26/06/2014, 23:20

... “scat” singing? Artists Around the World To help you on your journey, we’ve provided the following guideposts in Artists Around the World : ■ Subject Tabs The colored box in the upper corner of each ... paintings show people as they looked after a life of hard work. Goya included the lines in their faces and the sadness in their lives. He showed their bent backs and their...

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... added to the lock. As the water rises, the boat floats higher. When the lock is full of water, the gate in front of the boat is opened. The boat can then travel out onto the higher part of the canal. ... Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc. DID YOU KNOW? The Aztec introduced the Spanish conquistadores to chocolate and other foods that soon became favorites around the wor...

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... of the worm have infected approximately 15 million computers around the world and its ultimate purpose has been unclear. The worm lay dormant for weeks, awaiting further instructions from the ... Report Conficker Worm Infects Millions Around the World April 14, 2009 Introduction The major news of the first quarter was the rapid propagation of the Confick...

Ngày tải lên: 18/02/2014, 02:20

... “scat” singing? Artists Around the World To help you on your journey, we’ve provided the following guideposts in Artists Around the World : ■ Subject Tabs The colored box in the upper corner of each ... success of Verne’s book Around the World in 80 Days (1873), journalist Nellie Bly attempted the around- the- world journey. She finished in 72 days. © 2008 Encyclo...

Ngày tải lên: 20/06/2014, 10:20

... Party. The Nationalists thought the Chinese should decide their own future, but they were against communism. The Red Army, Mao’s military force, began fighting them and gathering strength in the ... against the law for them to make their own. So Gandhi walked 200 miles to the ocean to make salt from seawater. After the Salt March, the British put Gandhi in jail. It wasn’t the...

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... whose father has died but whose mother is alive; 2) a maternal orphan is a child whose mother has died but whose father is alive; and 3) a double orphan is a child whose mother and father have ... During the first year of the program, 2,743 parents and sponsors signed up. As of December 2009, there were 6,929 Fundisa account owners. At the end of October 2009, the total volume of...

Ngày tải lên: 15/03/2014, 10:20

... parts of the world, these women don’t move through life on equal footing with men. The more they are able to overcome this inequity, the stronger their self-esteem becomes and the more they are ... harvest, the group may notice that peanuts are plentiful and cheap, so they might pool their money to buy them. Then throughout the year, they have peanuts to eat or sell at a higher p...

Ngày tải lên: 28/03/2014, 19:20

... tour round the world on the pretext of a wager, he had had no other end in view than to elude the detectives, and throw them off his track. 37 of 339 Around the World in 80 Days The night ... mathematically from the trains upon the steamers, and from the steamers upon the trains again.’ ‘I will jump—mathematically.’ ‘You are joking.’ 24 of 339 Around the...

Ngày tải lên: 28/05/2014, 09:49